Rev. 17 April
2014, Gen. 82
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN GRAVES
AND ANN CAMPBELL
OF GILES CO., TN
GENERATION 1
John Graves (1) was probably born
1750-1779 (perhaps 1775) in TN, perhaps in Giles Co. or Maury Co., and probably
died 1812-1820 in Giles Co. or Maury Co., TN. He married Ann Campbell, daughter of Alexander Campbell and
Amy Eaton of Maryland, probably 1797-1801 in Giles Co. or Maury Co., TN. She was born Aug. 1779 in Hawkins Co.,
TN, and died 1840 in Culleoka, Maury Co., TN. In 1820, Ann was listed as head of household in the Giles
Co., TN census with 8 children.
The following three children are the only ones known for sure. Other probable children are: Campbell
Graves (gen. 32), born about 1801, and Leonard H. Graves (gen. 180), born about
1806, both of Giles Co., TN.
Ann Campbell's family lived just
south of Culleoka, Maury Co., TN, and the railroad switch there was given the
name of Campbell's Station.
It is interesting that there was a
John Graves (son of John W. Graves and Casander Philpott), b. 1824 in KY, m.
Nancy Campbell (relative of evangelist Alexander Campbell), descended from
Capt. Thomas Graves of VA (gen. 169).
Could there be a connection?
Y-DNA testing of one descendant of Leonard H. Graves (gen. 180) has
shown descent from gen. 169 through Capt. Thomas GravesÕs son John. The evidence so far, based on this one
test, is that the connection may be in the line from Henry White Graves, born
1692. More testing of descendants
from other lines is needed to confirm this connection. (R‑2, R‑7)
Children ‑ Graves
+2. Dicey Graves, b. 12 Jan. 1802, m. Cornelius Ennis, 2 June
1821, d. 3 Sept. 1840.
3. Alice (or Ailsey) Graves, b. 1806, m.
Powell Perry, 16 April 1835, d. 19 March 1882. She was bur. in Shane Cem. near other Graveses and Campbells. Ailsey given as dau. of John and Ann by
R‑8, per R‑4.
+4. Alexander Graves, b.c. 1808-11, m(1) Nancy Frances White, 26
Feb. 1835, m(2) Martha H. Fuller, 10 March 1847.
+5. John Mims Graves, b. 13 Jan. 1812, m. Rosa Ann Hight Collier,
9 May 1835, d. 29 April 1879.
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (1) AND
ANN CAMPBELL
Dicey Graves (2) was born 12 Jan.
1802, died 3 Sept. 1840, and was buried at old Shane's burying ground, Fountain
Creek, Campbell Station, TN. She
married Cornelius Ennis on 2 June 1821 in Lauderdale Co., AL[1]. He had first married Mary Johnson on 10
Nov. 1817. (R‑12)
Children - Ennis
+6. John C. Ennis, b.c. 1823, m(1) Parthenia Hughey, 15 May 1848,
m(2) Sarah Ann (Roundtree) Spalding, May 1871.
7. daughter, possibly Amy Ann Ennis.
+8. George Riley Ennis, b.c. 1825, m(1) Mary M. Toombs, m(2)
Paralee Littleton, 11 Aug. 1862.
Alexander Graves (4) was born about
1808-1811 in TN, according to census records. He married Nancy (or Mary) Francis White, called Francis, on
26 Feb. 1835 in Maury Co., TN. On
16 March 1849, he appeared before the Maury Co. Clerk as the guardian of his
four children, Martin V., Ailsey J., Nancy A., and Elmira J. Graves, minor
heirs of Nancy White, deceased. He
later renewed this guardianship for two more years.
He secondly married Martha H.
Fuller on 10 March 1847 in Maury Co., TN, and had at least five more children
(as shown in the 1850 and 1860 censuses for Giles Co., TN). Martha was born about 1810-11 in NC. They lived in Campbellsville Township
in 1850 and in Culleoka Township in 1860.
They were in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses for Maury Co., TN. He was a farmer. All his children were born in TN. (R‑5)
Children - Graves, by Nancy F.
White
9. Martin V. Graves, b.c. 1837.
+10. Ailsey J. Graves, b.c. 1839, m. James N. Crain, 12 Oct. 1858,
d. 1875-1879.
11. Nancy A. Graves, b.c. 1841. Listed as weaver in 1860 census.
+12. Elmira Jane Graves, b. May 1844, m. James N. Crain, 8 Oct.
1877.
Children - Graves, by Martha H.
Fuller
13. John H. Graves, b.c. 1848.
14. William T. (or H.) Graves, b.c. 1850.
15. Marcillus A. Graves, b.c. 1851.
16. Joseph W. Graves, b.c. 1854.
17. Martha M. Graves, b.c. 1856.
John Mims (or Mimms) Graves (5) was
born 13 Jan. 1812 in Giles Co., TN, and died 29 April 1879 in Culleoka, Maury
Co., TN, just north of the Giles Co. line. He and his brother Alexander Graves built a mill on Fountain
Creek, which was washed away by the flood of 1856, after he and Alexander sold
it. He spent most of his life in
Maury Co., where he owned 2800 acres of land in 1870. He married Rosa Anna (or Rosanna) Hight Collier, daughter of
Archilles Collier and Mary Hight, on 9 May 1835 in Maury Co. She was born 12 March 1817 in Granville
Co., NC, and died 29 July 1907 at the home of her son Samuel Jones Graves in
Lynnville, Giles Co., TN at the age of 93. They were both buried in Shane Cem., Culleoka, TN, beside
his mother. The Colliers were from
North Carolina. (R‑1, R‑2,
R‑3)
Children - Graves
18. James Graves, b. 1837.
+19. Paul Powell Graves, b. 1840, m. Sarah E. Kerr, 30 Nov. 1865.
20. Mary Ann ("Molly") Graves, b. 9
Oct. 1843, m. Thomas M. Leneave, d. 26 March 1909. They were in the 1880 census for Dist. 20, Maury Co., TN,
with no children, and his widowed mother, Elizabeth, 60, was living with them.
+21. Emily C. Graves, b. 1844 or 1845, m. Charles Lee Bailess, 22
March 1866, d. 9 March 1874.
22. Lucinda Elizabeth ("Tennie")
Graves, b. 1846, m. John Thomas Branch, 23 March 1886 (McKinney, Collin Co.,
TX). John T. Branch was a
Confederate veteran, and on 1 March 1915 Lucinda's application for a widow's
pension was approved. She died 10
Oct. 1921 in the home of a brother, W. H. Graves, in Hubbard, Hill Co., Texas,
and was buried next to her brother, Samuel Jones Graves, in Hubbard, Texas.
+23. Archellus Collier Graves, b. 10 Sept. 1848, m. Mary Elizabeth
Brown, 24 Dec. 1868, d. 26 May 1921.
+24. George Gabriel Graves, b. 9 Nov. 1849, m. Ruth D. Cheatham, d.
11 April 1924.
+25. Susan Elizabeth Graves, b. 1 Sept. 1854, m. Charles Lee
Bailess, 24 Jan. 1875, d. 2 March 1940.
26. John M. Graves, b.c. 1856, never married.
+27. Samuel Jones Graves, b. 1858, m. Nan Crews, 31 Dec. 1885, d.
13 July 1921.
+28. William Henry Graves, b. 7 Nov. 1862, m. Ella Alexander
Worsham, 14 Dec. 1880, d. 14 Jan. 1940.
29. Frank Graves; no record other than family
memory.
30. Three infants who died young
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF DICEY GRAVES (2) AND
CORNELIUS ENNIS
John C. Ennis (6) was born about
1823 in TN. He first married
Parthenia Hughey on 15 May 1848 in Lincoln Co., TN. She was born about 1827 in TN, and died before 1870. They were in the 1850 census for
Lincoln Co., TN. They were in the
1860 census for Limestone Co., AL.
He married second Sarah (ÒSallieÓ) Ann (Roundtree) Spalding in May
1871. She was born about 1832 in
IL. He was in the 1870 census for
Huntsville, Madison Co., AL, with no wife. John and Sallie were in the 1880 census for Huntsville,
Madison Co., AL. In the 1880
census, the birthplace of his father was given as Scotland. He was a farmer in 1850, and a house
carpenter in 1860-1880. (R‑13)
Children - Ennis, by Parthenia
Hughey
31. Mary F. Ennis, b.c. 1849 (TN).
32. Susan (ÒSueÓ) E. Ennis, b.c. 1852 (TN or
AL).
33. Robert A. Ennis, b.c. 1854 (TN).
34. James W. Ennis, b.c. 1859 (AL).
35. Annie Ennis, b.c. 1862 (AL).
Children - Ennis, by Sarah A.
Spalding
36. Sallie P. Ennis, b.c. 1872 (AL).
37. Sophia A. Ennis, b.c. 1875 (AL).
George Riley Ennis (8) was born
about 1825 in TN. He first married
Mary M. Toombs, daughter of James Toombs and Cinderella Benton. She was born 27 Jan. 1825 in TN, died 8
Nov. 1861 in Obion Co., TN, and was buried in Campground Cem., Obion Co.,
TN. He married second Paralee
Littleton, daughter of John Littleton and Lydia ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
on 11 Aug. 1862 in Obion Co., TN.
She was born about 1838 in TN.
George and Mary were in the 1850 census for Dist. 13, Marshall Co.,
TN. They were in the 1860 census
for Dist. 6, Obion Co., TN. George
was in the 1870 census for Caney Twp., Montgomery Co., KS, with his second wife,
listed as R. E., 38. George was a
farmer in 1850 and 1860, and a merchant in 1870. All the children through at least 1860 were born in TN, and
John was born in AR.. (R‑13)
Children - Ennis, by Mary M.
Toombs
+38. Benjamin Franklin Ennis, b.c. 1850, m. Margaret C. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
39. F. Q. Ennis (daughter), b.c. 1851.
40. George Washington Ennis, b.c. 1852.
41. E. A. Ennis (daughter), b.c. 1854.
42. M. Q. Ennis (daughter), b.c. 1856.
43. W. G. Ennis (son), b.c. 1860. Not in 1870 census.
44. John R. Ennis, b. July 1870. Living with his brother Ben in 1880.
CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER GRAVES (4)
Ailsey (or Ailsy or Alsey or Alcy)
J. Graves[2]
(10) was born about 1839 in TN, and died before 1880 (probably 1875-1879) in
Maury Co., TN. She married James
N. (ÒJimÓ) Crain, son of Martin P. Crain and Mary W. Mantloe, on 12 Oct. 1858
in Maury Co., TN. He was born
about 1840 in Maury Co., TN, and died 8 July 1905 in Mineola, Wood Co., TX. After she died, he married her sister
Jane. They were in the 1860 and
1870 censuses for Maury Co., TN.
He was a farmer. All their
children were born in TN, probably in Maury Co. (R‑11)
Children - Crain
45. James Frank S. Crain, b. 29 April 1859,
d. 29 Sept. 1927 (Lake City Twp., Craighead Co., AR).
46. Sarah Crain, b.c. 1862.
+47. Martin Crain, b. April 1863, m(1) Linda Belle Chambliss, c.
1884, m(2) Martha Standley, c. 1911.
48. Buchanan Crain, b.c. 1865.
49. George W. Crain, b.c. 1867.
50. Katti Crain, b.c. 1870.
51. Alick Crain, b.c. 1872.
52. Theodore Crain, b.c. 1875.
Elmira (Elmyra) Jane Graves (12),
called Jane, was born in May 1844 in TN, probably in Maury Co. She married James N. Crain, son of
Martin P. Crain and Mary W. Mantloe, 8 Oct. 1877. He had first married her sister Alsey. She was listed as a spinner in 1860
census. They were in the 1880
census for Maury Co., TN. Their
first 3 children were born in TN, probably Maury Co., and the last in Wood Co.,
TX. (R‑11)
Children - Crain
53. Lula (ÒLueÓ) Crain, b. Oct. 1878.
54. Florence Crain, b. June 1881.
55. Ervin Crain, b. May 1882.
56. Walter Crain, b. Feb. 1887.
CHILDREN OF JOHN MIMS GRAVES (5)
AND ROSA ANNA COLLIER
Powell Paul (or Paul Powell) Graves
(19) was born about 1840 in Maury Co., Tenn. He married Sarah ("Sallie") E. Kerr on 30 Nov.
1865 in Maury Co., Tenn. She was
born about 1836 in Tenn.
Based on census records, it appears
that Sallie was married before and probably widowed, since she was older than
Powell, the children living with them were of an age to be hers, and their name
was Kerr. There are many
references to a man named Kerr owning land adjoining the Graves property. There is also a will for a man named
John Campbell, near the same age as Ann Campbell (John Mims Graves' mother),
leaving a bequest to his granddaughter, Sarah A. G. Kerr. The person in this will is probably the
same Sarah as the one who married Powell, so they may have been cousins.
Powell enlisted in the Confederate
Army on 10 May 1861 and served in Co. E, 3rd Tenn. Regt., under the command of
Joseph E. Johnson. At the time of
surrender, he was in the hospital at Macon, Ga. He moved to Texas in 1879-80 and settled in McKinney, Collin
Co., Texas. He applied for and was
approved for a Confederate Veteran's Pension on 1 March 1912. At the time of his death, he was an
"inmate" in the Confederate Veteran's Home in Austin, Travis Co.,
Texas.
The 1870 and 1880 censuses for
Maury Co., Tenn. showed the following Kerr children, all born in Tenn.,
apparently all by Sallie's first marriage: Fletcher, b.c. 1852, Andrew B., b.c. 1854, Evaline, b.c.
1857, Josa, b.c. 1862, Anna L. (Laura?), b.c. 1866. It appears that he did not have any children of his
own. (R‑5)
Emmaline (or Emily) C.
("Emmie") Graves (21) was born 1845 (or 1844) in Culleoka, Maury Co.,
Tenn., and died 9 (20[3]) March 1874
in childbirth. She married Charles
Lee Bailess of Alexandria, VA, on 22 March 1866 in Maury Co., TN. He was born 4 Aug. 1837 in Alexandria,
VA, and died 7 Jan. 1918 in Culleoka, TN.
They were both buried in Friendship Cem., Culleoka, TN. After Emily died, he married her
younger sister Sue. (R‑3)
Children - Bailess
+57. Rufus Lee Bailess, b. 1 Sept. 1871, m. Cleopatra Tidwell, 23
May 1893, d. 18 July 1945.
Archellus ("Archie")
Collier Graves (23) was born 10 Sept. 1848, died 26 May 1921 in Salem, Ark.,
and was buried there. He married
Mary Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Brown and Mary Jane
Flannigan, on 24 Dec. 1868 at Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn. He moved to Texas in 1875 and farmed
near Oglesby, Coryell Co. His wife
died 1 Dec. 1924 in Pecos, Texas, and was buried in Merkel, Taylor Co.,
Texas. (R‑2, R‑3)
Children - Graves
58. Lillie E. Graves, b. 30 Sept. 1869, d. 18
Jan. 1872 (Maury Co., TN).
59. Willie Gabriel Graves, b. 25 Sept. (or
Feb.) 1873, d. 9 Sept. 1922.
Buried Taylor Co., TX.
+60. Luna Mariam Graves, b. 11 Jan. 1875, m. Berry Lee McAnulty, 29
Sept. 1895, d. 26 March 1910.
+61. Walter Roy Graves, b. 2 Dec. 1877, m. Thomas Anna Bankhead, 25
Dec. 1898, d. 23 Dec. 1971.
+62. Rosa Anna Graves, b. 8 March 1880, m. Will Spencer, 28 Feb.
1907, d. 27 May 1930.
63. John Thomas Graves, b. 19 Dec. 1881, d.
18 Aug. 1885.
+64. Earl Jefferson Graves, b. 6 April 1885, m. Bonnie Belle
Bankhead, 9 Dec. 1906, d. 30 March 1963.
+65. Ota Evalena Graves, b. 15 July 1887, m. Oscar Warren, 26 Aug.
1913, d. 6 Feb. 1961.
+66. Mayme Bell Graves, b. 28 Sept. 1890, m(1) W. E. Lane, 10 July
1917, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Seymour, d. 10 June 1967.
George Gabriel ("Judge")
Graves (24) was born 9 Nov. 1849 in Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn., died 11 April
1924, and was buried in Maury Co., Tenn.
He married Ruth D. Cheatham, daughter of Henry Cheatham and Celia
Fitzpatrick. She was born 28 Feb.
1855. (R‑2, R‑3, R‑10)
Children ‑ Graves
+67. Mary Alice Graves, b. 30 Dec. 1874, m. John M. Smith, d. 13
March 1934.
68. Ella May Graves, b.c. 1878, m. Henry
Cunningham, d. 1955. He was b.
1877 and d. 1944. No children.
69. James Robert Graves, b. 24 Oct. 1880,
never married, d. 4 Oct. 1900.
+70. George Wallace Graves, b.c. 1880, m. Elna Hancock, d. 1 Jan.
1944.
71. Hugh Graves, b.c. 1883, never married, d.
20 July 1932 (took his own life).
72. Hattie May Graves, b. 21 Dec. 1888, never
married, d. 5 March 1919.
+73. Homer Graves, b. 3 Dec. 1893, m. Hazel Sue Hight, Nov. 1932,
d. 8 Aug. 1942.
Susan ("Sue") Elizabeth
Graves (25) was born 1 Sept. 1853 (or 1854[4]),
died 2 March 1940, and was buried at Friendship Baptist Church, all in
Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn. She
married Charles Lee Bailess of Alexandria, VA, on 24 Jan. 1875 in Navarro Co.,
TX. He was first married to Sue's
older sister Emily. (R‑3, R‑8)
Children - Bailess
74. Minnie Bailess, b. 1875 or 1876, never
married, d. 1914. Bur. Friendship
Baptist Church, Maury Co., Tenn.
75. Scott Booth Bailess, b. 1879, never
married, d. 3 Aug. 1895. Bur.
Friendship Baptist Church.
76. Angelina ("Annie") Sue Bailess,
b. 10 Jan. 1883, m. Jesse Tomlinson, 27 Jan. 1915, d. 26 Nov. 1968.
77. Tomlinson Bailess (is this really one of
their children?)
Samuel Jones ("Doan")
Graves (27) was born 1858 in Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn., died 13 July 1921 in
Texas, and was buried next to his wife and sister Tennie Graves Branch in
Hubbard, Texas. He married Nannie
(or Nan) Crews on 31 Dec. 1885, and moved to Texas. He moved back to Lynnville, Giles Co., Tenn., where his
mother Rosa Collier Graves died in 1907.
Nan died in 1957. (R‑3)
Children - Graves
78. Lindsay H. Graves, b. 17 Dec. 1886, never
married, d. 29 Sept. 1966.
79. Mary Graves, b. 25 Aug. 1888, never
married, d. 24 July 1962.
80. Martha Graves, b. 25 Aug. 1888, m. Alonzo
Eugene Gormley, d. April 1941. No
children.
+81. Minnie Graves, b. 18 April 1891, m. Elmer Bairrington, d.
1925.
+82. Homer Graves, b. 3 May 1896, married, d. 1974.
83. Herman Graves, b. 3 May 1896, never
married, d. 1918.
+84. Betsy Graves, b. 27 Feb. 1899, m. Marcus D. Fulmer, d. 1964.
+85. Ada B. Graves, b. 13 April 1901, m. Frank Aston.
86. Katie L. Graves, b. 13 July 1904, never
married, d. 31 Oct. 1971.
87. Ruth Graves, b. 17 Feb. 1907, m. H.
Lankford King. No children.
William Henry ("Will")
Graves (28) was born 7 Nov. 1862 (per tombstone) in Culleoka, Maury Co.,
TN. He married Ella Alexander
Worsham, daughter of Christopher Columbus (or Clayton) Worsham and Elizabeth
Tinnon, on 14 Dec. 1880 in TN, probably Culleoka. She was born 9 July 1860 in Giles Co., TN. William and Ella moved to Texas and
settled in Hill Co. According to
family tradition, the move was to keep daughter Elizabeth away from her future
husband. Will died 14 Jan. 1940
and Ella died 20 Sept. 1943. Both
were buried at Liberty Hill Cem., 4 miles north and east of Hubbard, Hill Co.,
TX, on the highway to Corsicana.
The birth dates of all the following children are from the family
Bible. (R‑3, R‑5)
Children - Graves
+88. Leroy Graves, b. 8 Oct. 1881, m. Nicie Ann Barrington, d. 22
March 1912.
+89. William Thomas Graves, b. 21 May 1883, m. Zelma Clyde Stubbs,
d. 15 Sept. 1968.
+90. Elizabeth Graves, b. 13 Oct. 1884, m. Charles William Clark,
31 Aug. 1902, d. 20 Sept. 1946.
+91. Archie Winters Graves, b. 17 Sept. 1886, m. Myrtle M. Millen,
c. 1908, d. 27 June 1960.
+92. Nellie Bly Graves, b. 27 Jan. 1888, m. Dill Silvester Onstott,
5 Aug. 1906, d. 22 March 1912.
+93. James Howlett Graves, b. 28 (or 29) Oct. 1890, m. Annie Laura
Moser, 23 Jan. 1916, d. 10 Nov. 1986.
+94. Clayton F. Graves, b. 15 April 1891, m(1) Mary Lou Houx, m(2)
Eula Oel Blount, d. 25 July 1981.
95. Sherman George Graves, b. 14 Dec. 1894,
m. Elvertie Brice, d. 27 May 1959.
96. Audie Graves, b. 16 March 1896, m. Susan
Laurence, d. 27 Aug. 1968.
97. Eddie Fowler Graves, b. 11 March 1898, m.
Gertrude Maddox, d. 17 Oct. 1920.
He was buried in Liberty Hill Cem., Hubbard, Texas.
98. Katie Sue Graves, b. 4 Feb. (or Jan.)
1901, d. 14 Feb. 1901.
+99. Willie Clivie Graves, b. 31 Jan. 1904, m. Martice Vardeman, d.
26 June 1970.
+100. John Mimms Graves, b. 7 Aug. 1905, m. Leilah Clista
Vosburg, 22 Aug. 1923.
GENERATION 4
CHILDREN OF GEORGE R. ENNIS (8)
Benjamin Franklin Ennis (38) was
born about 1850 in TN. He married
Margaret C. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1855 in AR. They were in the 1880 census for Little
Black Twp., Randolph Co., AR. One
or both of them may have died by 1900, since in that census there were two Ennis grandchildren living with
their grandparents in Randolph Co., AR, and neither Benjamin nor Margaret could
be found.
Children - Ennis
101. William H. Ennis, b.c. 1878 (AR).
CHILDREN OF ALSEY J. GRAVES (10)
AND JAMES N. CRAIN
Martin Crain (47) was born in April
1863 in TN, and died 29 Nov. 1921 in Greene Co., AR. In the 1870 census for Maury Co., TN, he was listed as
Henry. He first married Linda
Belle Chambliss, called Belle, about 1884. She was born in Aug. 1864 in TN. He married second Martha Standley about 1911. She was born about 1893 in MO. After Martin died, Martha married Criss
Hager, and they were in the 1930 census for Tyronza Twp., Poinsett Co., AR.
Martin and Belle were in the 1900
census for Lake City Twp., Craighead Co., AR, with their 3 children. Three of their 4 children were still
living. In the 1910 census for
Lake Twp., Greene Co., AR, Martin was a widower living with his daughter, Arey,
and her husband. In the 1920
census for Lake Twp., Greene Co., AR, Martin was with his second wife, Martha,
and their 3 children. He was a
farmer. (R‑11)
Children - Crain, by Linda B.
Chambliss
102. Arey Crain, b. Oct. 1885 (TN).
103. child, died young.
104. Bertha Crain, b. Jan. 1892 (TN).
105. Travis Crain, b. March 1895 (TX).
Children - Crain, by Martha
Standley
106. Wesley Crain, b.c. 1912 (AR).
+107. Gladys Crain, b.c. 1914, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Cook, c. 1928.
108. Clara Edith Crain, b. 23 June 1918
(AR), m. Ervin McGowin, 19 Dec. 1936 (Earle, Crittenden Co., AR), d. 24 Dec.
1981 (Wauchula, Hardee Co., FL).
He was b. 20 June 1904 in TN, and d. 9 Aug. 1974 in Doctors Hospital,
Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., MO. 9
children.
CHILDREN OF EMMALINE C. GRAVES
(21) AND CHARLES L. BAILEY
Rufus Lee Bailess (57) was born 1
Sept. 1871 in Culleoka, Maury Co., TN, and died 18 July 1945 in Maury Co.,
TN. He married Cleopatra Tidwell
on 23 May 1893 in Rising Fawn, GA.
She was born 1 Aug. 1875 in Dade Co., GA, and died 4 Oct. 1955 in
Columbia, TN. They were both
buried in Hanna Cem., Rising Fawn, GA.
They were Methodists. (R‑8)
Children - Bailess
+109. Mary Louise Bailess, b. 26 March 1894, m. John Leonard
Redding, 6 Jan. 1914, d. 7 April 1972.
110. Rufus Lee Bailess, died within a
few weeks of birth.
CHILDREN OF ARCHELLUS C. GRAVES
(23) AND MARY E. BROWN
Luna Mariam Graves (60) was born 11
Jan. 1875. She married Berry Lee
McAnulty, called Lee, on 29 Sept. 1895 in Oglesby, Coryell Co., Texas. They moved to a farm near Merkel,
Texas, where she died 26 March 1910.
Lee McAnulty returned to Coryell Co., remaining there until his
death. (R‑2)
Children - McAnulty
111. Ernest Jefferson McAnulty, b. 21 June
1899, d. 1913.
112. Joseph Alford McAnulty, b. 31 July
1901, d. 1921.
+113. Mary Myrtle McAnulty, b. 18 Jan. 1903, m. Judge Bruner.
+114. Ruby Joanna McAnulty, b. 12 Dec. 1905, m. ------ Barron.
115. Opal Archie McAnulty, b. 21 Feb.
1907, m. ------ Gilbreath. Living
in Gatesville, Coryell Co., TX in 1979.
Walter Roy Graves (61) was born 2
Dec. 1877 and died 23 Dec. 1971.
He married Thomas Anna Bankhead on 25 Dec. 1898 in the Bankhead School
House near Oglesby, Texas. Anna
Bankhead was born 6 July 1875 in Hill Co., Texas, and died 23 April 1942. They lived in Crosbyton, Abilene and
Lubbock, Texas. W. R. and Anna
Graves were dedicated Christians, members of the Church of Christ. They both died in Lubbock and were
buried in Rose Hill Cem., Merkel, Taylor Co., Texas. (R‑2)
Children - Graves
+116. Vera Belle Graves, b. 9 March 1901, m. Charles A.
McDonald, 1 Jan. 1921, d. 6 Feb. 1981.
117. Eva Jane Graves, b. 28 July 1903,
m. Ollie Claude Graves, d. 7 Nov. 1973.
They lived in Clovis, New Mexico, where O. C. Graves still lived in
1979. (What is his connection, if
any, to this Graves family?) Eva
was a Supervisor for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company until her retirement,
and was a member of the Church of Christ.
O. C. owned and operated a tailor shop.
Rosa Anna Graves (62) was born 8
March 1880, died 27 May 1930, and was buried in Pinal Co., Arizona. She married Will Spencer on 28 Feb.
1907. They lived in Casa Grande,
Arizona, where Will Spencer was a rancher. The coroner's report stated that Rosa's "death was
caused by self‑inflicted burns". (R‑2, R‑3)
Children - Spencer
118. Juanita Spencer, m. ------ Waddle.
119. Lilly Mae Spencer
120. Delanie Belle Spencer
Earl Jefferson Graves (64) was born
6 April 1885 in Lamar Co., Texas, and died 30 March 1963 in Lubbock, Lubbock
Co., Texas. He married Bonnie
Belle Bankhead on 9 Dec. 1906 in Merkel, Taylor Co., Texas. Bonnie B. was born 8 Aug. 1887 in a log
cabin in Coryell Co., and died 26 Nov. 1971 in Lubbock, Texas. They grew up and attended school
together in the Bankhead School House near Oglesby, Texas. Having been taught the Will of the Lord
from the New Testament, they were baptized into Christ in the Leon River at the
same service. They were members of
the Church of Christ. Both were laid
to rest in Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Texas. (R‑2)
Children - Graves
+121. Cecil Roy Graves, b. 1 Nov. 1907, m. Pearl McCaughan, 3
Aug. 1929.
+122. Thomas Archie Graves, b. 17 May 1909, m(1) Vona Mae
Christian, 7 Dec. 1929, m(2) Margaret Winnie Dean Chennault, 8 Nov. 1975.
+123. Charlie Herbert Graves, b. 14 Aug. 1911, m. Ruby Frances
Christian, 4 July 1937.
+124. Hoyt Jefferson Graves, b. 22 July 1913, m(1) Audrey Fay
Collier, 19 April 1941, m(2) Dora Emery, m(3) Hazel Roberta Maloney, 30 Dec.
1970.
+125. Ernest Joy Graves, b. 12 Feb. 1917, m. Hattye Loraine
Perkins, 24 May 1941.
+126. Paul Clifton Graves, b. 23 April 1919, m. Nadine Emery,
21 Dec. 1941, d. 24 June 1977.
127. Anna Belle Graves, b. 8 Oct. 1921,
m. James D. ("Johnnie") Johnson, 6 March 1943, d. 24 June 1972.
+128. Margarett Earl Graves, b. 7 Sept. 1925, m. Garland
Warren Moore, 13 June 1942.
Ota Evalena Graves (65) was born 15
July 1887 in Coryell Co., Texas, where she was reared. She married Oscar Warren on 26 Aug.
1913. They reared their family in
Pecos, Texas, where Oscar was in charge of City Sanitation. Moving to Kermit, Texas, he served with
the City Police Department as a Security Guard. Ota died 6 Feb. 1961 and Oscar died about one year
later. Both were buried in Kermit,
Texas. (R‑2)
Children - Warren
129. Lena Belle Warren, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Newman, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
130. Paul Warren
Mayme Bell Graves (66) was born 28
Sept. 1890, died 10 June 1967, and was buried in Ventura Co., Calif. She first married W. E. Lane on 10 July
1917 in Merkel, Texas. They moved
to Salem, Ark., where A. C. Graves, her father, died in 1921, and W. E. Lane
died about 1923. Both were buried
there. She then married Mr.
Seymour and moved to Ventura, Calif.
(R‑2)
Children - Lane
131. Blanche Christene Lane, born in
Merkel, Texas.
132. Infant girl, lived 3 months.
Children - Seymour
133. Bud Seymour, living in Ventura,
Calif. in 1979.
CHILDREN OF GEORGE G. GRAVES
(24) AND RUTH CHEATHAM
Mary Alice Graves (67) was born 30
Dec. 1874 and died 13 March 1934.
She married John M. Smith.
He was born about 1872 and died in 1956. (R‑10)
Children - Smith
134. Walter Smith, b. 1902, d. 1956.
George Wallace (or Wallace George)
Graves (70) was born about 1880 near Culleoka, TN, and died 1 Jan. 1944. He farmed land near Culleoka. He married Elna Hancock, daughter of J.
L. Hancock and S. A. Lowe. J. L.
was a son of R. M. Hancock and Polly Blair, and his wife was a daughter of
Robert Lowe and Nancy Rollings.
Elna was born about 1873 and died in 1959. (R‑2, R‑10)
Children - Graves
135. Nell Graves, b. 1906, d. 1907.
+136. Mary Ruth Graves, b. 1906, m. Maurice A. Foster, d. 11
June 1998.
137. Katie Lee Graves, b. 1910, m. R. S.
Welch, d. 7 April 2000. No
children.
Homer Graves (73) was born 3 Dec.
1893 and died 8 Aug. 1942. He
married Hazel Sue Hight in Nov. 1932.
She was born 22 Feb. 1916 and died 15 Nov. 1987. (R‑10)
Children - Graves
+138. Eva Homer Graves
+139. Alice May Graves
+140. Betty Jean Graves
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL J. GRAVES
(27) AND NAN CREWS
Minnie Graves (81) was born 18
April 1891 and died 1925. She
married Elmer Bairrington (or Barrington). (R‑3)
Children - Bairrington
141. Dutch Bairrington
142. Cary Bairrington
143. Mildred Bairrington, m. ------
Maddox.
144. Audie Bairrington
Homer Graves (82) was born 3 May
1896 and died 1974. He
married. (R‑3)
Children - Graves
145. Billy Joe Graves, married. 4 children.
146. Cornelia Graves, m. Jay
Snider. 1 child.
Betsy Graves (84) was born 27 Feb.
1899 and died 1964. She married Marcus
D. Fulmer. (R‑3)
Children - Fulmer
147. Cecil Fulmer, married. 2 children.
148. Frances Fulmer, m. Jake
Hamrick. 2 children.
Ada B. Graves (85) was born 13
April 1901. She married Frank
Aston. (R‑3)
Children - Aston
149. James Aston; 2 children.
150. William ("Bill") Aston; 2
children. 1980 address: 1506
Commerce St., Dallas, TX 75201.
151. Franklin Aston, d. at age 11.
152. Scot Aston; 2 children.
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM H. GRAVES
(28) AND ELLA A. WORSHAM
LeRoy Graves (88) was listed as Roy
Lee Graves on some documents, but his tombstone and other documents say LeRoy
or Leroy. He was born 8 Oct. 1881
in Culleoka, Maury Co., TN, died 22 March 1912 (the same day his sister Nellie
died) of spinal meningitis, and was buried in Liberty Hill Cem., 3 miles
outside Hubbard, Hill Co., TX. He
married Nicie Ann Barrington (or Bairrington). She was born 15 Aug. 1888 in Wortham, TX, lived to be 100
years and 2 months old, and died in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., TX. She secondly married George Washington
Currington, and was buried next to him in Fairview Cem., Hubbard, TX. (R‑7)
Children - Graves
+153. James Olin Graves, b. 27 Dec. 1909, m(1) Mary Eunice
Harris, 7 Aug. 1936, m(2) Emma Louise Woods, 1952, d. 23 March 1984.
154. Hazel Leroy Graves, b. June 1912,
m. ------ Reasoner, d. 1990 or 1991.
William Thomas ("Tom")
Graves (89) was born 21 May 1883 in Maury Co., Tenn., and died 15 Sept.
1968. He married Zelma Clyde
Stubbs, called Clyde. They were
both buried in Liberty Hill Cem., Hubbard, Hill Co., Texas. All their children were born in Hill
Co., probably all in Hubbard. (R‑3,
R‑5, R‑14)
Children - Graves
155. Estel Merle (ÒPotsie) Graves, b. 15
Dec. 1908, d. 1 June 1912 (Hubbard, TX).
Bur. Liberty Hill Cem., Hubbard, TX.
156. Ethel Tommie Graves, b. 20 May 1911
m. William Cecil Lipsey, 23 April 1927 (Hubbard, TX), d. 5 July 1988 (Waco,
TX). He was b. 1910. 3 sons.
+157. William Gerald Graves, b. 28 Feb. 1914, m(1) Minnie Ola
James, m(2) Claudia Louella Phelps, 1956, d. 19 Sept. 1994.
158. Audie Lee Graves, b. 2 Aug. 1916,
m. Alva Evone Nelson, d. 5 Oct. 1977 (Dallas, TX). She was b. 29 April 1920 in Burkburnett, TX, and d. 31 Dec.
2006 in Terrell, Kaufman Co., TX.
4 sons and 1 dau
Elizabeth ("Lizzie")
Graves (90) was born 13 Oct. 1884 in Maury Co., Tenn., and died 20 Sept. 1946
in Fort Worth, Texas. She married
Charles William Clark on 31 Aug. 1902 in Waco, Texas. Charles came from Culleoka to get her, and after marriage
returned to Culleoka for a while.
He died 4 Oct. 1957 in Cleburne, Texas. They were both buried in Liberty Hill Cem., Hubbard,
Texas. (R‑3, R‑5)
Children - Clark
159. Alice Clark, b. 31 July 1903
(Robinson, Texas), m(1) Lee Thompson, m(2) Harold Jones. 2 children who died before 1980.
160. Vera Ola Clark, b. 11 Jan. 1905
(Culleoka, Tenn.), m(1) Reuben Jones, 1 Feb. 1923, m(2) C. E. Irwin. 2 children.
161. Ramon (or Raymond?) B. Clark, b. 1
May 1911, d. 29 May 1912. Bur.
Liberty Hill Cem., Hubbard, Texas.
162. Ella Lucille Clark, b. 1 Jan. 1914
(Fort Worth, Texas), m. Theo McGee, d. 15 July 1980. 1 child.
Archie Winters Graves (91) was born
17 Sept. 1886 in Maury Co., TN, and died 27 June 1960. He married Myrtle M. Millen, daughter
of Alfred C. Millen and Roxie A. Thornton, about 1908. She was born 21 Feb. 1891 in Indian
Springs, Butts Co., GA, and died 27 Dec. 1955 in Colquitt, Miller Co., GA.
They were in the 1910 census for
Parrine, Dade Co., FL, with no children, married 2 years. He was in the 1920 census for Cabaniss,
Monroe Co., GA, listed as widowed, boarding in the household of Jim and Ida
Martin, with his son Millen Graves, 7.
The 1920 census for Flovilla, Butts Co., GA, listed Myrtle living with
her parents, and her son Scott, 4.
Their son Archie wasnÕt found in any 1920 census. Archie was in the 1930 census for
Macon, Bibb Co., GA, divorced, with children Scott W., 15, and Archie W., Jr.,
18. Myrtle was in the 1930 census
for Flovilla, Butts Co., GA, living with her parents, with children Millen, 18,
and Scott, 14. All his children
were born in GA. (R‑3, R‑5,
R‑14)
Children - Graves
163. Archie Winters Graves, Jr., b.c.
1912. 1980 address: 6238
Greylynne, Orlando, FL 32807.
164. Millen Graves, b.c. 1912.
165. Scott W. Graves, b.c. 1915.
Nellie Bly Graves (92) was born 27
Jan. 1888 in Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn., died 22 March 1912 in Hubbard, Hill
Co., Texas, and was buried 23 March 1912 in Liberty Hill Cem., four miles south
of Hubbard. Her brother, Leroy,
died the same day, and it is believed that there was meningitis going around
and they both caught it; Nellie, however, may have died in a diabetic coma.
Nellie married Dill Silvester
Onstott, son of T. H. B. Onstott and Nancy Elizabeth Merritt, on 5 Aug.
1906. He was born 13 April 1873 in
Hill Co., Texas, died 1 May 1950 in Dallas, Texas, and was buried 2 May 1950,
also in Liberty Hill Cem. He
secondly married Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born 8 Sept. 1883, and died 29
April 1947. Mary Onstott and
Dill's only brother, Willie D. Onstott (27 July 1867 - 1 Feb. 1947) were also
buried at Liberty Hill Cem. Nellie
and Dill's first child was born in Spring Hill, Texas, and the last three in
Hubbard, Texas. (R‑5, R‑6)
Children - Onstott
+166. William Frank Onstott, b. 19 Sept. 1907, m(1) Beulah Mae
Wimberly, 22 Oct. 1924, m(2) Maggie Mae (Norman) Adcock, d. 6 May 1967.
+167. Velma Louise Onstott, b. 30 Oct. 1908, m. Lenard Earl
Myers, 27 July 1926.
+168. Cecile Mable Onstott, b. 1 June 1910, m. O. D. Owens, 24
Aug. 1926.
+169. Riley Dill Onstott, b. 24 Jan. 1912, m. Lena Farmer.
James Howlett Graves (93), called
"Jim" or "Jimmie", was born 28 (or 29) Oct. 1890[5]
in Maury Co., TN, and died 10 Nov. 1986 in Waco, McLennan Co., TX. He married Annie Laura Moser, daughter
of John Wesley Moser and Sara Evaline Milligan, on 23 Jan. 1916 in Dawson, TX. She was born 9 Nov. 1898 in Dawson, TX,
and died by 1993. They were in the
1930 census for Hill Co., TX, with sons Wendell and Dan. They were in the 1940 census for McLennan
Co., TX, with their 3 living sons.
Jim was living in Waco, Texas in 1980. (R‑5, R‑9, R‑14)
Children - Graves
170. James Wendell Graves, b. 24 Jan.
1918, m. Vivian Aahtah Teague, d. 7 Jan. 1999. She was b. 3 Jan. 1921 and d. 25 Dec. 1997.
171. Coy Dulan Graves, b. 30 Jan. 1920
(Hubbard, Hill Co., TX), d. 28 March 1926. Bur. Dover Cem.
+172. Dan Allen Graves, b. 3 April 1927 (Hill Co., TX), m.
Martha Pearl Bradley, d. 11 March 2004 (McLennan Co., TX).
+173. John Charles Graves
Clayton F. ("Toad")
Graves (94) was born 15 April 1891 in Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn., and died 25
July 1981 in Waco, Texas. He
slipped away quietly after a week's stay in the hospital. According to a recorded conversation
between him and Jean Bymun in June 1980 (which provided much of the information
given here), he said his middle initial does not stand for Franklin or anything
else.
As a boy, Clayton had chores to do,
but his main love was his dog, his traps, and his hunting. He loved Tennessee, and said their farm
was very rich land. They grew
watermelons that weighed as much as sixty pounds, and strawberries as big as
hen eggs.
He was the seventh of thirteen
children. To this day, he still
speaks with a great deal of love and respect for both his parents. Of the thirteen children, only one did
not live to be full grown. The
eleventh child, Katie Sue Graves, died as an infant. The family Bible says she lived ten days, but Clayton
insists she was twenty-eight days old when she died. She had not been ill and the death was unexpected. No one seemed to know the cause of
death, not even the doctor. The
family pet, a dog, had gotten rabies, and had bitten a lot of their stock. On the day Katie Sue died, several head
of horses kicked their way out of the tin barn, and ran blindly into a
thirty-foot ravine behind the barn, breaking their necks and killing themselves. In the next few days, they lost some
cows and pigs to the rabies, too.
About a year after the death of
Katie Sue, when Clayton was about ten years old, his parents decided to leave
Tennessee and move to Texas. One
son, Archie, did not want to leave, so they left him in Tennessee with his
grandmother, Rosa Ann Graves.
Then, with nine children, they boarded a train and left for Texas. The trip took about five days. They got off the train at Waco, Texas,
and settled nearby at a place called Robinson. While they were living there, they had two more
children. Then they moved to
Hubbard, Texas in Hill County.
At the age of fourteen, while
attending school, Clayton met and fell in love with Mary Lou Houx, daughter of
George Houx and Lue Bell Young. They
were constant companions for the next few years and at the ages of eighteen and
seventeen, on Oct. 3, 1909, they were married. They drove to Hillsboro, Texas in a buggy and got their
marriage license. Then they drove
back to a place called Stanchel, near Hubbard, and got married while sitting in
the buggy. This took place in
front of the preacher's house.
They were married by W. C. Bayless, and Clayton's brotheR‑in-law,
Dill Onstott, stood up for them.
Then they went back to the home of Clayton's parents and stayed there
for about a month until they got a place of their own.
Clayton worked at many different
jobs to support his family. He
farmed, cut hair, repaired flues in train engines, was a carpenter and a
painter. He said there weren't
many kinds of jobs he hadn't done.
At one time he worked for a full year for 75 cents a day.
Then, on May 29, 1920, at the age
of 28 years, Mary Lou died of a stroke.
After her death, Clayton married Eula Oel Blount, a widow. She had five or six sons from her first
marriage to Charles C. Vardeman.
She had lost Charles and an infant son in a flu epidemic. After their children were raised,
Clayton and Eula moved to Waco, Texas.
Eula died of an enlarged heart on July 28, 1957.
Clayton has chosen to stay single since
then. He is now almost blind from
hardening of the arteries, but he still has a good strong voice and his memory
is very good for a man of eighty‑nine years. He gets along quite well in spite of his failing
eyesight. He attends church and
enjoys visitors, especially when they are members of his very large
family. He is known as
"Papa" to his more than eighty descendants. He still lives in Waco, Texas, just about two blocks from
the railroad station where he first stepped off the train when he came to Texas
from Tennessee. All his children
were born in Hubbard, Hill Co., Texas.
His 1980 address: 702 South 8th, Waco, TX 76706. (R‑3, R‑5)
Children - Graves, by Mary Lou
Houx
+174. Lulu Belle Graves, b. 13 July 1910, m(1) Lester Finis
Jones, 27 Feb. 1927, m(2) Harold Franklin Farmer, Aug. 1941, m(3) E. G.
Honeycutt, d. 3 Dec. 1981.
175. Calvin Opal ("Man")
Graves, b. 5 Feb. 1912, m. Ethyl Morgan.
No children.
+176. William Paul Graves, b. 5 Sept. 1913, m. Violet Ruby
Benson, 29 March 1936, d. 8 July 1967.
+177. Nellie Mae Graves, b. 12 Oct. 1915, m. Duard Wilson
Graves, 28 Aug. 1931.
+178. Clyde Florence Graves, b. 6 Aug. 1918, m. Glenn Alford
Jackson, d. 25 Oct. 1942.
Children - Graves, by Eula Oel
Blount
+179. Eula Doris Graves, b. 25 April 1925 (or 25 June 1924),
m. James Burton Smith, Jr., 15 Aug. 1941.
Willie Clivie (or Clive)
("Sis") Graves (99) was born 31 Jan. 1904 and died 26 June 1970. She married Martice ("Bud")
Vardeman. One of the children
listed below married Del ‑‑‑‑‑‑, whose 1980
address was: 2802 Lakeshore Dr., Arlington, TX 76013. (R‑3, R‑5)
Children - Vardeman
180. William ("Billy")
Vardeman
181. Joe Allen Vardeman
182. Martice Vardeman, Jr.
183. Roy Don Vardeman
184. Jerry Glen Vardeman
John ("Johnnie") Mimms
(or Mims) Graves (100) was born 7 Aug. 1905 in a small settlement very near
Waco, now known as Robinson, in McLennan Co., Texas. He married Leilah Clista Vosburg, daughter of Charlie
Vosburg, on 22 Aug. 1923 at Mt. Calm, Texas. She was born 4 Feb. 1904 in New Hope, Texas. They were living in Waco, Texas in
1980. All their children were born
in Hubbard, Hill Co., TX. (R‑5)
Children - Graves
185. Garland Gordon ("Buddy")
Graves, b. 22 Feb. 1928.
+186. Margia N. Graves, b. 9 March 1933, m. Frank Ermis, d. 28
May 1953.
+187. Bobbie Sue Graves
+188. Charles William Graves
+189. John Douglas Graves
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